6.18 Meaning Of Inquiry Into The Essence (Tattva Jigyaasaa)

The inquiry into the essence means the inquiry into that which is devoid of superimposition and shape (anaropitaakaara), in which no shape, type or impression has been superimposed. Before being cast into the mould of a human, what was I? What was the universe before creation? Was the root identity of everything different, or was it one? All these questions have to do with inquiry into the essence. Vedanta says that all merits culminate into the result which is the dawn of the inquiry into the essence! Otherwise, it is just making money, consumption, marriage, children, power - there is only worry about acquiring all of these.   "Why" and "how" is not the inquiry into the essence, it is human thinking. "What" - the search for the answer to this question is inquiry into the essence.